24 November. Debts on utility payments have exceeded the critical mark - officials in several regions of Russia have threatened to evict tenants from their apartments, if they do not repay the debt that has arisen. Correspondingly, it was decided to understand the correspondents of the Political Class.
In the Tomsk region, hard-core non-payers for communal services were threatened with resettlement in uncomfortable homes. Similar measures officials decided to apply to the people of Omsk. Department of Housing Policy of the Mayor's Office of Omsk reminded citizens that the right to eviction arises when there is debt for housing, which arose when non-payment within 6 months. The authorities of the Beloyarskiy urban district of the Sverdlovsk region said that the apartments of non-payers will go to create a maneuvering fund, so the debtors will not be tolerated. The administration noted that they provide this housing under a social contract, and residents do not pay for utilities.
As noted by the "Rossiyskaya Gazeta", to date, the debts for utilities in the country as a whole exceed 1 trillion rubles. The vast majority of citizens (about 95%) regularly pay for utility services, and 3% do not pay ever.
Payment discipline in cities with a population of one million people is the best. Worse in small towns and villages. The collection rate of payments is about 95% - the average figure for the country. From region to region it seriously differs. "I received official data from Tver, according to which only 36 percent of citizens pay regularly for public services," said Svetlana Razvorotneva, executive director of the non-commercial partnership "National center for public control in the sphere of housing and communal services".
Is it legal to evict tenants from apartments for debts on utility bills
According to Article 90 of the Housing Code of the Russian Federation, if the employer and family members living with him without good reason do not pay a fee for housing and utilities for 6 months, they can be evicted in court. Of course, they do not have the right to leave them on the street, but the maneuvering fund is far from in all regions and one should not expect good housing instead of the current one.
Of course, this can not be done with everyone. In the risk zone tenants of apartments provided to them under a contract of social hiring. The duty to pay fees for living quarters and utilities appears with the citizen residing under the terms of the social contract of employment, from the moment of concluding this contract. And in the regions it is noted that the most difficult thing is with those who occupy apartments on the basis of social hiring since Soviet times. With them, often, no contracts were concluded, therefore, it is more difficult to ask from them. Although it is possible to pay and evict these tenants, their duties arise in connection with the existing contractual relations of social hiring.
They can even take away an apartment from the owner. "You can not evict the owner from a single home," Svetlana Razvorotneva reminded. But if a citizen owns a few apartments, one can be put under the hammer and pay off the debts on the communal with the proceeds. And, by the way, as noted by the expert, there is common sense in this. Among non-payers for utilities are many owners of investment apartments. If the property is not used, then the owners consider that they do not use the services of the housing and communal services, and therefore there is nothing to pay. Often they do not visit their apartment and do not even see the bills.
Debts on municipal payments are an actual problem for many regions. Not in all regions of the government are ready to take such harsh measures, as eviction of tenants from apartments. To influence non-payers try in many ways. So in Yamal, utilities started the campaign "In the New Year without debts." From December 1 to January 10, residents of the region can pay the debt without accruing penalties. Residents of Kamchatka threatened to cut off electricity for debts. In Norilsk began to limit water disposal. Work on installing a cap, the cost of which is more than 7 thousand rubles, will also fall on the shoulders of the debtor. And on whom this measure will not work, they promise to leave without electricity.
